Planning for Sustainable Green Urbanism

An Empirical Bottom-Up (Community-Led) Perspective on Green Infrastructure (GI) Indicators in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan

Bibliographic Data

ID15465181
AuthorsMuhammad Rayan (0000-0001-6984-797X, TU Dortmund University, corresponding author), Dietwald Gruehn (0000-0002-7570-4104, TU Dortmund University), Umer Khayyam (0000-0002-1253-7265, National University of Sciences and Technology)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue19
Pages11844-11844
Publication date2022-09-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph191911844
PMID36231145
OpenAlexW4296741277
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

Rising vulnerability of the urban green infrastructure (UGI) is grabbing global attention, for which inclusive urban landscape and greening policies (ULGP) and frameworks are crucial to support green growth. As such, this research intends to explore the local community's perspective to assemble sustainable UGI indicators for vital taxonomy of the urban green space (UGS) elements, aiming to develop a multi-functional and sustainable UGI-indicator-based framework that is eco-friendly and supports green-resilient cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Pakistan. An in-depth household survey was executed in three KP districts: Charsadda, Peshawar, and Mardan, placing self-administered 192 questionnaires while covering themes around climate change adaptation, urban resilience, and UGI. Relative importance index (RII) and the interquartile range (IQR) methods were set up for data analysis that revealed excellent reliability (α > 0.88) and internal consistency. The results confirmed community-based UGI indicators with a focus on promoting green-energy-saving strategies as e-imp (level 9, RII = 0.915), while other (ten) UGI indicators as important (RII = 0.811-0.894) and (eleven) as moderately important (RII = 0.738-0.792). These UGI indicators were found to be enhanced by UGS elements (RII ≥ 0.70). These findings provide a foundation for urban policy change and the development of a sustainable UGI framework to build an eco-regional paradigm for greener growth

Business · Civil engineering · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Green infrastructure · Sustainability · Urban planning · Urbanization · Engineering · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Heat Island Mitigation · Ecology

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